Papa's Little Daughter

Where is Shan?

Shan opened his eyes in the morning and immediately looked around for the figure of his papa.

"Papa. Papa's. Papa's..."

"Dear, papa's here. What's the matter hm?" Chandra immediately hugged her little daughter and then carried her.

Looks like Shan is worried about being left behind like yesterday. Therefore, this child immediately sought the absence of his father.

"Papa don't go far. Shan wants Shan to open his eyes, next to Shan there is papa."

Chandra smiled for a moment then tightened his embrace on Shan. "Yes Shan yaa, sorry papa was abis from the bathroom."

Lega Shan heard it.

"Udah yuk bobok again dear, now it is still dawn. No one has woken up. Look they're still a mess." Chandra pointed towards Rosa and her mother who were still fast asleep on the sofa.

"Pa, but Shan's not sleepy."

Chandra now understands it. Yesterday Shan slept from 7. Still quite good afternoon sleep, so now this child has woken up early.

"Judah, let's see YouTube, Shan."

Shan nodded as well.

Chandra laid Shan's body back on the bed. Chandra was lying there, next to Shan.

Now both father and son are dissolved in the excitement of watching youtube videos. Every cartoon channel watched them. Until finally a few minutes later Shan felt bored.

"Let's change pa, the other one is Shan bosen's mulu."

"OK okay." Chandra's index finger moves deftly scroll through the rows of existing videos. Chandra is actually also confused about having to set a video especially what Shan likes.

"Upin Ipin is Shan" Chandra and Shan agreed. "There is an opet."

"Woke is ready."

Video has been played.

"Where's the opet?"

"That's Shan opet. The little one next to Raju is an opet."

"Where's pa? No opet? Papa got it wrong with the video."

"Lah Shan really is." Chandra was suddenly confused because it was a request from Shan.

Chandra then sped up the video, looking for the right moment.

"Well that's opet. That's Shan's opet?"

"Where the hell is pa? There's no opet."

"That's Shan."

"There's no paa."

"Yaallah Shan is a loh." Chandra was furious, pointing towards the phone screen but Shan still did not see it.

Deg.

Finally Chandra felt there was a gaffe. Chandra was silent for a moment.

"Where the hell is pa? The opet guy doesn't exist." Shan grabbed the phone in front of him and brought the screen closer to his sight. Very, very close, even barely clinging to his eyes.

And it turns out Chandra's guess...

Shan's eyesight is diminishing.

......***......

"Hiks... hicks..."

Shan's fussy today. After breakfast Shan's stomach was uncomfortable. Nausea, but after being carried to the bathroom Shan did not vomit. It just seems nauseous, like the other day.

"Here baby, use eucalyptus oil on his stomach."

Chandra carried Shan towards the uti. The goddess tenderly smeared Shan's stomach with eucalyptus oil as she said.

"Still sick hiks hyks..." Shan's crying came back.

Now everyone in the room was at a loss as to what to do to stop Shan from crying.

All methods have been tried, but nothing really works.

Rosa who was standing not far from the window was getting anxious. Feeling his existence was useless at all. She claims to be Shan's mother but... Why couldn't he figure out what exactly made Shan improve. How's her maternal instinct?

Shan's cry was getting heartbreaking. The little boy's tears continued to flow even more profusely. Chandra was overwhelmed by his petting, because Chandra thought that everything he did would not have a healing effect on Shan.

"I tried to get Dr. Hans to check on Shan early" Rosa said, then Chandra looked up at the wall clock.

It's 8 a quarter less. Check-up hours are 8 o'clock. But it seemed like Shan indeed could not wait.

"She just call me." Chandra finally agreed.

It wasn't until 5 minutes that Rosa had come back into the room with Dr. Hans.

"Shan why are you crying? What's Shan's complaint?" Dr. Hans was doing his job.

"Shan's stomach hurts. It hurts a lot doc hiks." said Shan who was still on Chandra's sling.

"Emm why? Sick since when is Shan? Just now or already?"

"From earlier." Shan cooperatively answered all the questions asked by Dr. Hans. The little boy answered it himself without anyone's help.

"Try Shan to sleep first, let me check okay?"

Chandra laid Shan's body on the bed.

Dr. Hans immediately revealed Shan's shirt to the top and began attaching his stethoscope to Shan's stomach surface.

Shan was still moaning in pain with tears constantly streaming down. Chandra could only wipe away those tears patiently.

"What breakfast was that?" Now Dr. Hans asked everyone in the room.

Rosa gave the answer. "Omelet doc, same drink milk."

"He's taking his medicine?"

"Not had time to take medicine, Shan had complained of nausea when will be minimized drug doc." answered Rosa again.

Doctor Hans was silent for a moment. If a doctor were to diagnose a patient, a doctor would still need time. But Chandra can't wait.

"Why is my son really???" ask Chandra.

Hans's views were directly focused on Chandra. Finally, after days of cold war between the two, only today were they willing to look at each other.

"I'll prescribe Shan some stomach pain medication."

Chandra was bluffing. "Prescribed another drug???"

Chandra turned her flat lips into a grin. "Once again if Shan complains of pain directly prescribed the drug. Doctors never tell you what really happened, or why it happened, or what caused it? Again drug drugs continue tosss. How much medicine should my child take???!"

The final feud is inevitable. Chandra has reached the point of his patience. Everything that he had been quieting since he had now overflowed. Everything he has put out now.

"Chandra..."

"YAHOOOO!!!!" shan's jarring screams throughout the room managed to dampen Chandra's emotions.

Chandra instantly broke the fog. Chandra was startled because Shan suddenly screamed. This distracts Chandra and his emotions do not explode.

"Why baby? Why Shan?? What's whataa???"

Shan spread his arms wide at Chandra. The little boy wanted to be caught by the papa.

"Gendong papa gendong. Hugs Shan, Shan wants to be hugged by papa."

Chandra immediately complied with the boy's will.

"Shan wants to get out, Shan wants to go for a walk see miming. Shan doesn't want to be here fighting mulu. Shan squeeks."

All the humans in the room seemed to be slapped hearing Shan's words. It's true. Which child will feel at home if the room he occupies is just a place filled with tension.

"Let's get out."

Chandra as the main source or culprit that makes things always heated can only close his lips. He finally woke up... He could not contain his anger.

"Loo paa!"

Chandra nodded then carried Shan out. The man obeyed the wishes of his daughter.

......***......

"Miming ming, where are you ming?" Shan called out to the figure of a wild cat that had been considered his pet a while ago.

"Where's Shan's miming dad? How come it doesn't look at all?"

"...." - ".Silent, there was no response from Chandra at all. Chandra was still daydreaming about the events in the room earlier. The man still thinks.

Shan moved his body in Chandra's lap, hoping that Chandra would soon break his daydream. Yet...

"Repo!" Shan finally slightly shouted at the papa. And succeed. Chandra is back in the real world.

"Eh yes—what dear? What did you ask Shan?"

Shan was silent for a moment, himself as if dissolving in staring at the two glares of his papa's eyes. Chandra also stared into Shan's eyes.

Why do Shan's eyes look so cute? Shan's eyes weren't as bright and sparkling as before.

"Why are you sad now?" shan asked suddenly.

Chandra's a prick not playing. The man immediately distracted Shan. "Let's move Shan, I think it'll rain again."

"Oh papa, I'm thinking Shan hasn't met. He was not yet seen, even though Shan had come. Shan kangen same miming."

Chandra stop. His intention to move on he finally broke down. The man sat back on the bench that had warmed his former butt a few seconds ago.

"Father, this Shan sits alone." pinta Shan. Chandra complied.

Chandra lowered Shan's body very carefully. He positioned Shan next to him. Now Shan has been sitting alone with both legs hanging because he was unable to reach the surface of the grass with short legs Shan.

Chandra couldn't see the foot swing that Shan had caused at all. So it's true... Shan's legs are now paralyzed.

Instantly Chandra glazed.

Oh poor daughter. Why are there so many trials that have happened to him in the past? Why should Shan? Why not just another kid out there?

Wh why?

Tesss test...

The rain finally really came down. Chandra immediately grabbed Shan's body and held him to shelter.

"Yahh my miming has not come" said Shan who was so heartbreaking.

But Chandra made a promise to Shan.

"No Papa Shan, there's still tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll be here again, surely thinking Shan's coming."

Shan nodded while commenting on her very sweet smile.

......***......

The afternoon before Shan was filled with sadness. I don't know, the sudden change in mood that happened to the child really made the entire occupant of the room feel anxious.

Shan could not be questioned. The little boy spoke a thousand languages. Even though a few hours ago still joking with Rosa. Still fun playing Barbie doll with Rosa, but now... Everything's changing.

Shan tilted his body towards the wall. He refused to look at anyone but the plain white wall before him.

Chandra tries to get close to Shan to... I don't know, it's been a lot of times.

"Hey baby why? Shan why did he just?"

Shan put away Chandra's hand which caressed her small shoulder. Shan doesn't want to be touched.

"Well, what is it? Shan why hmm? Shan wants what? Want what really? Let's tell papa dear."

"Papa move. Shan wants to be alone."

Shan finally made a sound, but... Why is that what he said.

Chandra turned his head towards the mama, hoping that Dewi would have a solution to overcome this.

The goddess only slowly raised her two shoulders. The middle-aged woman also did not know what to do for Shan.

Rosa finally approached Chandra. Chandra looked at the woman. Rosa hints for Chandra to stay away just as Shan wants.

"OK.." said Chandra resignedly.

The three people in the room thought that Shan's silence would last a short time. But it turns out. 3 hours passed Shan still strike talk. It's been a long time. The activities of the boy were eventually disrupted.

"Shan has to take a bath baby, this is already want magrib loh. Shan is cold. Let's take a bath with papa."

Shan did not respond at all. He still stays in his position. Over the wall. There was absolutely no aching feeling at all on his body.

Chandra finally forced the boy to take a bath.

"Papa Shan won't take a bath." whined Shan as Chandra started to strip the boy's clothes.

Shan continued to rebel, hitting Chandra with his hand. Chandra still continued to remove all of Shan's clothes, not caring about Shan's incessant attack.

"Heh come on Shan, the water is boiling. Ayoo, the gas will be abis."

"Shan doesn't want to take a bath with papa hiks." This forced shower finally invited tears. Shan cried, while still rebelling without stopping.

"You don't want to be the same papa, you're the same as Elsa?" Rosa volunteered, but was rejected outright by Shan.

"Don't want to be with Elsa either."

Tumben-tumbenan figure Rosa rejected by Shan.

"Yaudah yuk sama uti. We play duck-duck kayak usually yuk Shan."

"So. Anyway Shan doesn't want to shower with anyone. Shan won't take a shower. Point."

The three people could only gawk at Shan's words.

~tbc...